Pittsburgh police are trying to find the owner of two pit bulls that attacked and killed a poodle on Wednesday.The attack happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Paulson Avenue in the city's Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood. Neighbors say they heard kids screaming. A woman said two pit bulls were chasing the children then attacked a small dog."You heard the neighbor come out and say, 'They killed my dog,'" a neighbor said. "We went over to check on him and saw where they bit him in his neck and had him wrapped up in a towel."Other neighbors were able to corral the dogs until police got on scene and put them in the back of a cruiser."To have to walk around and hold your dog whose neck is bitten open, eyes open, in a towel....he's distraught.," a neighbor said. "I think he's traumatized.""He had just lost his dog and this brought him back to life," said Paul, another neighbor. "Now he has to go through this all over again. It hurts."People living in the community say this is the first time they've seen the animals in their neighborhood.Animal Control took the dogs to be evaluated and will wait for the owner to claim them. If they're claimed, the owner can face charges."If you want to have a dog, you're supposed to be responsible," a neighbor said. "Like if you have children, it's your job as a parent to be responsible for your children. Whenever they find out who the owners are, they need to be held accountable."

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh police are trying to find the owner of two pit bulls that attacked and killed a poodle on Wednesday.

The attack happened just before 8:30 a.m. on Paulson Avenue in the city's Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood. Neighbors say they heard kids screaming. A woman said two pit bulls were chasing the children then attacked a small dog.

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"You heard the neighbor come out and say, 'They killed my dog,'" a neighbor said. "We went over to check on him and saw where they bit him in his neck and had him wrapped up in a towel."

Other neighbors were able to corral the dogs until police got on scene and put them in the back of a cruiser.

"He had just lost his dog and this brought him back to life," said Paul, another neighbor. "Now he has to go through this all over again. It hurts."

People living in the community say this is the first time they've seen the animals in their neighborhood.

Animal Control took the dogs to be evaluated and will wait for the owner to claim them. If they're claimed, the owner can face charges.

"If you want to have a dog, you're supposed to be responsible," a neighbor said. "Like if you have children, it's your job as a parent to be responsible for your children. Whenever they find out who the owners are, they need to be held accountable."